News from Ireland
Irish Reconnection Highlights 2022
When: Wednesday, 2 November, 2022Finding out where in Ireland you come from is not the end of the story but rather the beginning of a new relationship with the town/village your ancestors once lived in.
IrelandXO
Connection Story - Massachusetts and Cork
When: Monday, 12 November, 2018Picture above: Cousins Anne LeBlanc and Geraldine meet in Kinsale for the first time.
Kinsale (Cork) Cork
IrelandXO Connections - Victoria and County Offaly
When: Friday, 5 July, 2019In Ireland, they visited: Tulla, Co Clare; Cree, Co. Offaly; and Dublin. They also met with Margaret, a volunteer with IrelandXO in Birr, who helped them investigate their Colbourn ancestors who had lived in the area in the early 1800s.
Kilcolman (Offaly) Offaly
IrelandXO Connections - Ontario and Ardcarne, County Roscommon
When: Thursday, 30 May, 2019Wayne and his wife Ange, and Patti and her husband Dave, hail from a rural farming community in Huron County, Ontario. Wayne and Patti descend from a long line of farmers. In fact on their father’s side, they are sixth generation Canadians – all farmers.
Ardcarn (Roscommon) Roscommon
Connection Story - Chicago and Ardagh
When: Wednesday, 13 March, 2019Picture Above: Jeanie, Brad, Matt and Paddy Lewis with Seamus Callaghan and Mary Kury at the O'Connor Homestead in Kilscannell
Ardagh (Limerick) Limerick
Connection Story - Surrey and County Offaly
When: Friday, 1 February, 2019Last October, Sally Rafferty contacted Ireland Reaching Out to let us know that she was coming to Birr in Count Offaly, along with her father Jim. She asked if there was someone available locally to help them discover more about their Irish place of origin.
Birr (Offaly) Offaly
Connection Story - Cleveland & Silvermines, County Tipperary.
When: Thursday, 14 June, 2018Main Photo: the family home in Boherbee in the 1830s with Great Uncles Michael and Ned standing at the gate
IrelandXO
Standing on the spot her ancestors were married - 156 years to the day later
When: Friday, 3 November, 2017Picture: Traditional Farmers Cottage, Portsalon, Fanad (Mid-late 1800s). On right, Deborah Davies in Donegal in 2015
Clondavaddog (Donegal) Donegal
IrelandXO Connections - searching for Margaret Murphy
When: Wednesday, 17 July, 2019Here Lyn talks about her family history search for her great great grandmother, Margaret Murphy, connecting with local the local IrelandXO volunteer network and visiting ancestral homesteads in County Tipperary.
Caher (Tipperary) Tipperary
Connection Story - Canada and Loughrea
When: Thursday, 13 September, 2018Image above: Walking in the footsteps of the Usshers Seeing the Land of the Usshers By Andrea Lister I was recently fortunate enough to travel to Ireland and see the land where on which my ancestors were born.
Loughrea (Galway) Galway